Greetings Doug! > Is LPNY insane? I read the following on www.politics1.com (a liberal blog > the owner supports Sen. Russ Feingold for president in 2008):
Probably. > >NEW YORK - Prominent anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan said last week she > >could not bring herself to vote for the re-election next year of US > Senator > >Hillary Clinton (D-NY) unless HRC first publicly admits her vote for the > >Iraq war was a mistake. That subsequently prompted NY Libertarian Party > >State Chair John Clifton to issue a statement inviting Sheehan to seek > the > >party's US Senate nomination next year as a peace candidate. The > >Libertarian Party has already called for the withdrawal of US forces from > >Iraq. Clifton was the LP's US Senate nominee against Clinton in 2000. Right. The national LP went off the cliff some time ago. > Cindy Sheehan sounded like a whacked out leftist when she was interviewed > on TV. Which means that you probably didn't even hear the half of it. > I realize many in the LP leadership are anti-war, but actions such as > this are certain to drive away the "right" libertarians in preference for > the "left" libertarians. Comments like this make me realize that the > further > I stay away from the LP the better and also make me reluctant even to vote > for Libertarians for national office, even though I still consider myself > a > libertarian (small l). Welcome to the club. _______________________________________________ Libnw mailing list Libnw@immosys.com List info and subscriber options: http://immosys.com/mailman/listinfo/libnw Archives: http://immosys.com/mailman//pipermail/libnw
